Saturday, 22 March 2014

Apologies for being a tad quiet over the past
few weeks. Life has been hectic and a bit odd... not bad, just odd – with things
coming out of left field.

Anyway
one of the main reasons I’ve kept my head down is because I’m in the middle of
some major revisions for one of my stories.

Added
to that I have edits that I have to tackle, a half written story and I’ve been
doing an online workshop.

I try
and do several online workshops each year. Generally, I usually enrol in the
history ones such as Viking Age Britain with Cindy Vallar (which was fantastic).
But the one I’m enrolled in now is, Alphas – Leaders of the Pack presented by
Robin Matheson. It’s looking at the personality traits of the Alpha archetype. It’s
a great course and certainly gets the inspiration flowing.

If you are looking for writing workshops and
can’t make it to a physical class, check out some of the online ones. Many of
the romance chapters of the RWA (US) offer online classes on a wide range of
subjects. The RWA (Aus) are preparing to offer OWL classes (Online Workshop
Lists) later in the year as well.

Tuesday, 18 March 2014

Opposites attract in this medical romantic suspense set in
the high adrenalin world of the Cairns Rescue Helicopter team.

English surgeon Andrew Wentworth left behind a successful career and a failed
engagement to join the Cairns Rescue Helicopter team, but it's not shaping up
to be the rejuvenating working holiday he expected.

Rescue paramedic Kate Spears is used to proving herself in a man’s world, so
informing the handsome surgeon that all his orders now come from her is
deliciously satisfying. But she soon finds that Andrew cannot only take
everything she throws at him, he keeps coming back for more.

They couldn't be more different, from their histories to their personalities to
their plans for the future, but the flames between them can't be ignored. And,
in the close quarters of chopper rescue, they're about to find that there's no
place to hide from love.

For fans of The Walking Dead
and The Hunger Games comes a YA novel about freedom, choice and family — and
the terrifying disease that makes them mutually exclusive. From
the day she was born, Lena has viewed the world through the jagged window of a
razor-wired fence. The hundred-acre property she shares with her mother in the
Australian outback may keep her safe from the Y-Carrier disease, but it is no
longer enough to hold Lena’s interest, and her mother’s increasingly tight grip
on her free will is stifling.

Just as her curiosity blooms and her courage rises, she meets a boy through the
fence — the first boy she has ever laid eyes on. His name is Patrick and he comes
with a dangerous yet irresistible invitation of adventure beyond the fence, an
invitation to which Lena cannot say no.

But Lena’s newfound freedom is short-lived and she soon discovers that the
Y-Carrier disease is not the only enemy she faces on the outside. Her new
enemies want something Lena has, and they are willing to do anything to get
it...

When Darcy Fletcher
drags a handsome sailor from a stricken yacht, she finds herself drawn into his
mysterious world. Having saved his life, can she now rescue him from his dark
past? Or will that endanger all she holds most dear?

Noah, keeper of the peace and guardian of the Banskia Cove secrets, can’t tell
Darcy the real reason this stranger has washed up on their shores. If she
understood the links between him and her own dysfunctional family, he’d lose
her love for good.

As they take refuge in an old whaling station for the night, only one thing is
certain – by morning, no one will be the same again. Lies will surface. Hearts
will break, and not all will find safe harbour.

A heart-stopping novel of high drama and desire by Australia’s award-winning
master of romantic suspense.

You don't become a
notorious British celebrity without rubbing a few people the wrong way, which
is why writer and comedian Ben Martindale has decamped to Australia until the
latest media frenzy dies down.

When he meets Amy Blaine, a perky blonde who dresses like a 1950s pin-up girl,
he knows he's hit the satirical jackpot. He begins to fill his weekly London
column with snarky observations about her life, clothes, and even their most
intimate moments. It doesn't occur to him that Amy, who is letting her guard
down for the first time in her adult life, might be upset - after all, it's
hilarious, and his readers love her!

It isn't until Amy discovers the extent of his betrayal that Ben begins to
realise just how badly he's cocked up the best thing that ever happened to him.
But is it too late?

A psychopathic killer
is stalking the women of Sydney . . .
Federal Agent Clayton Munro, a criminal profiler with the Australian Federal
Police (AFP), has been called upon to assist in hunting down a vicious murderer
who is intent upon carving up his victims while they’re still alive.
Guilt-stricken over his wife’s suicide, Clayton’s forced to set aside his
personal issues in order to focus on the case.
Detective Ellie Cooper is also no stranger to heartache. Pregnant and abandoned
at the altar by a fiancé intent on pursuing a career with the AFP, her opinion
of the elite body of officers is anything but favorable. Angered when her boss
orders her to partner with the Fed, she’s determined not to cut him any slack.
But women are dying on the streets of western Sydney and the pressure is
mounting to find the person responsible.
Will Clayton and Ellie be able to put aside their animosity and work together
to catch a killer before it’s too late? And what about the special fascination
the killer seems to have with Ellie . . .

Sunday, 9 March 2014

Over
the past few weeks I’ve been musing about the inspiration of my latest stories.
The Hearthfire series is a collection of medieval fairytales. The first three
stories are concerned with the three Ruebana sisters – Mariella, Elisabetta and
Ciana. I have finished the youngest sister, Ciana’s story – Black is the Colour
and I am now about half way through writing Mariella’s tale – My Wolven Heart. After
that, I’ll begin Elisabetta’s story – Hush.

This
series has been inspired by old myths and fairytales.

Black is the Colour

Will Ciana save her beloved from the
witch’s curse...

Round
double, double you go,

Until
black feathers upon you grow.

Beak
and claw, talon and wing,

Now
with raven’s voice you will sing.

To
the heavens you shall fly,

It
is my will –

So
say I.

Ciana loves Oran and vows that
nothing will separate them. But her father has other plans and will do anything
to stop their love, even if he has to turn to the dark magic of a witch to do
it.

Oran knows that he doesn’t deserve
Ciana. She is a lady and he is nothing but the village blacksmith. But their
love is stronger than the metal he forges and welds. She has his heart and he
will never turn from her no matter the cost.

Separated, Ciana will need all her
strength to journey through the deep forest and save Oran from the witch’s
curse. Alone and with only a trail of black feathers to follow, Ciana will
fight against the odds and attempt to bring her lover home.

Tuesday, 4 March 2014

Hi everyone, as the title suggests Dancing on Air is on tour. Yep, I’ve packed up the grease paint and
my pointe shoes and I’m off!

Hope you’ll check out some of the posts and reviews and we
tour about. There is also a $25 Amazon Gift Card up for grabs – so don’t forget
to enter the rafflecopter.

Dancing
on Air is my Victorian era romance which is set in the world of
ballet.

Blurb -

Cinderella meets Swan
Lake in a cross-class, Victorian novel about a ballerina, an aristocrat, and
the space in between them.

Lisette yearns for
freedom, security and love, but none are offered on the run-down stage of The
Imperial Theatre. Instead she has hard work, a tyrannical aunt, and the hope of
one day becoming a prima ballerina. Dancing on the stage she catches the
attention of two powerful men: Lord Gainswith and Lord De Vale.

Lord Evander Gainswith never expected to fall in love, let alone with a woman
so wholly unacceptable to his family and his peers. The sinister Lord De Vale
covets Lisette's youth and strength, and is willing to pay well for it. Lisette
may dance roles in fairy tales and fantasies, but the real world is about to
intrude, bringing with it the harsh realities of life for a young girl with
dreams of rising above the demimonde.

Adelaide Leeson wants
to prove herself worthy of her husband, a man of noble aspirations who married
her when she was at her lowest ebb.

Lord Tristan Leeson is a model of diplomacy and self-control, even curbing the
fiery impulses of his youth to preserve the calm relations deemed essential by
his mother-in-law to preserve his wife s health.

A visit from his boyhood friend, feted poet Lord James Dewhurst, author of the
sensational Maid of Milan, persuades Tristan that leaving the
countryside behind for a London season will be in everyone's interests.

But as Tristan's political career rises, and Adelaide revels in society's
adulation, the secrets of the past are uncovered. And there's a high price to
pay for a life of deception.

What happens when your break from real life shows you exactly
how empty it actually is?

Focused and driven, Aurora has built her PR and event management company into a
thriving success. But, it’s come at a cost. Her relationships suffer, and she
has virtually no social life. When her boyfriend suggests a holiday to mend the
bridges, it seems like a good idea to rekindle their attraction and make some
new life choices. Instead, she finds herself in the tropical paradise of Bali,
heartbroken and alone.

When Marcel, the hotelier, offers to show her the real Bali, she doesn’t
hesitate — he might be just the pick-me-up she needs. Pinning Marcel as a
Casanova, Aurora decides to have fun and not overthink things. Exploring her
more sensual side brings a newfound confidence, and she finds herself falling
for the French hotelier and the Bali he shows her...until an unexpected visitor
arrives at the hotel.

As her holiday draws to a close, will Aurora choose to leave with good
memories, or follow her heart?

He let her father chase him off once, but this time nothing
is getting in his way.

Fletcher Stone was forced out of the pack life, and now he makes his living as
a hired thug, living day-to-day without honour or commitments. Shame over his
choices and his lifestyle keep him from returning to the pack to claim Delaney
— the woman who holds his heart. But when a rival pack hires him to kidnap her,
Fletcher takes his chance. Now he must convince her that he never wanted to
leave…and reveal a betrayal that will break her heart.

Delaney Jones has spent the last five years convinced the man she loves is
dead. Nothing else would keep him from her. So when Fletcher shows up, whole,
healthy, and very much alive, she’s devastated — and pissed off. He broke her
heart once and he's never going to get close enough to do it again.

Megan Miller is on a
dream trip to research her doctoral thesis at a rock festival in England. When
she arrives in town she’s stunned that her temporary neighbor is the spitting
image of her 70’s rock idol, too bad he’s also a world-class jerk. So why can't
she stop thinking about him?

Seventies rock star Davy Morgan is a man with a secret: rockin’ in one time and
living in another. He holds his privacy close to his heart, so when a beautiful
girl who not only loves but truly understands his music moves in next door, he
works overtime to keep her at a distance. Easier said than done.

Megan follows Davy to the rock festival, but it’s not what or when it seems.
The lure of the music draws them closer, but can their newfound love span
across the decades, or will it get lost in time?

No matter how much
their mothers wanted Sarah and Arthur to wed, Sarah had loathed him. However,
circumstance and her late husband’s father conspire against her, and she is
forced to turn to Arthur for help. Perhaps she needs his legal expertise, but
she refuses to acknowledge how handsome her oldest foe has become…or her
reaction to him.

His childhood nemesis is the last person Arthur Davenport expected to require
his services. When a spurious claim against her late husband’s estate brings
Sarah Wetherall to his door, he can’t refuse the pretty widow, no matter how
much he wants to.

Thrown together by fate, will they discover there is a fine line between scorn
and passion?

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About Me

Hi, I'm Nicole and thanks for dropping by.
I write historical, fantasy and contemporary romances.
I'm a hopeful romantic who is enchanted by love no matter the time period or the realm.
http://nicolehurley-moore.com/